A street cleaner picks up trash left by people who were outside Bridgestone Arena waiting in line to get wristbands to audition for 'American Idol.'

Written by

Veronica Frazier

Littering is no laughing matter. Trash strewn across our landscape, cigarette butts on our sidewalks and plastic bags along the banks of our rivers and streams are, in fact, an unsightly stain on our great city with significant public health, environmental and economic consequences.

This spring, the Metro Beautification and Environment Commission, a division of Metro Public Works, launched an innovative litter-prevention campaign focusing on the often amusing fact that some things are just plain wrong: like networking at a funeral, breaking up on Valentine's Day, or proposing ...